Submitted by Graham Durant-Law on Fri, 26/10/2007 - 18:24.
Thanks for your comments David.
I certainly don't like the universal arechetype model. The impression I gained from Patrick's presentation earlier in the year was he was also trying to use data to generalise.
Of course all research seeks to use the specific to generalise, or come up with a law or model. I don't think this is really possible with the archetypes, and even if it is possible in the specific circumstance I wonder whether there is enduring value, or whether it is better to use it as a one off diagnostic method to aid understanding. I'm still not convinced.
Re: Archetypes Don't Matter!
Thanks for your comments David.
I certainly don't like the universal arechetype model. The impression I gained from Patrick's presentation earlier in the year was he was also trying to use data to generalise.
Of course all research seeks to use the specific to generalise, or come up with a law or model. I don't think this is really possible with the archetypes, and even if it is possible in the specific circumstance I wonder whether there is enduring value, or whether it is better to use it as a one off diagnostic method to aid understanding. I'm still not convinced.
Regards, Graham